| Acronym | Meaning |
| CINO | Configuration Interaction Natural Orbital |
| PAPVD | Plasma-assisted Physical Vapor Deposition |
| SCC | Source Classification Code |
| CMM | Compositionally Modulated Multilayers |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| SUV | Standardized Uptake Value |
| BIB | Blocked Impurity Band |
| OVGF | Outer-valence Green Function (for Ionization-energy Calcns.) |
| AACVD | Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| FIP | First Ionization Potential |